eats its chiffon cake and has it too, simultaneously tut-tutting many of its characters for their vapid materialism while reveling in the milieu's sybaritic excess.' Jackie Collins, author of The Power Trip 'Original and fun, Crazy Rich Asians is quite a roller coaster trip. A lively, generous story of shallow extravagance and human devotion.'

Chinese on the outside but all-American on the inside, she allows us to see the myriad nuances of intra-Asian culture that the novel goes to great lengths to show.' 'Rachel's squeaky-clean naiveté is a clever foil to the intricate workings of the high-glamour Asian set around her. I actually couldn't put this book down to eat or to watch Downton Abbey.' 'An unputdownably funny, original, modern novel. Crazy Rich Asians, on an exotic beach in super-expensive sunglasses.' Kwan, who grew up in Singapore, skewers his subjects deftly, stylishly, and completely-but with heart.' 'If this isn't the funniest book so far this year, it's up there. 'There's rich, there's filthy rich, and then there's crazy rich. 'It's impossible not to get sucked into this satirical novel about the jet-setting lives of an enormous busybody family and its infinite Louboutin collection.' Offers refreshing nouveau voyeurism to readers who long ago burned out on American and English aspirational fantasies. On Nick's arm, Rachel may as well have a target on her back the second she steps off the plane, and soon, her relaxed vacation turns into an obstacle course of old money, new money, nosy relatives, and scheming social climbers.

One, that his childhood home looks like a palace two, that he grew up riding in more private planes than cars and three, that he just happens to be the country's most eligible bachelor.

But Nick has failed to give his girlfriend a few key details. When New Yorker Rachel Chu agrees to spend the summer in Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas Young, she envisions a humble family home and quality time with the man she hopes to marry. A Pride and Prejudice-like send-up about an heir bringing his Chinese-American girlfriend home to meet his ancestor-obsessed family.' - People ' There's rich, there's filthy rich, and then there's crazy rich. Description #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The international bestselling sensation that was the basis for the acclaimed major motion picture.

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